Improvement in upholstering-springs



time caa HENRY C. VELIE, OF POUGHK-EEPSIE, NEW YGRK.

Letters Patent No. 110,174, dated December 13, 1810.

IMPROVEMENT IN UPHOLSTERING-SPRlNGS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part pf the same.

To all '1L-hom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY C. VELIE, of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement 'in vUpholstering-Springs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enablethose skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying'drawingforming part of this speciiication', in which drawing--I I Figure 1 represents a' plan or top view of this invention.

Figure 2is a vertical section of' the same, the line a: x, tig. 1, indicating the plane of' section.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

rlhis invention relates to a spring, both ends of which are bent so as to produce star-shaped heads,

each of the rays or projections of which, when two or more springs are placed side by side, bears against one or more rays of an adjoining spring, and that, when the adjoiningrays are united, by means of wire or other fastenings, continuous and durable platforms are formed at 'top and bottom, which are not liable to separate, and which form a good support for the mattress or npholstering material placed thereon.

lIn the drawing the letter A designates a spring of the class commonly known as double cone springs, and made of metal wire, in the form shawn iu iig. 2 ofthe drawing.

:Both ends of the wire composing said spring are 'b'ent so as to form stars a it', one on top and the other at the bottom, as shown in the drawing; and if a number of these springs is placed side by side, the rays or projections of said stars bear against each other, so that they can be readily united by wire or other means, and that each spring is supported in its posiltion by two or more of the adjoining springs.

After the stars oia' series of my springs have been united, as shown in fig. 1, a platform is produced which forms a firm support for a mattress, or for the uphol.

stering material placed thereon.

The interspaoes between the adjoining stars are comparatively small, and the quant-ity oi' upholstering material used with my springs can be reduced as compared with springs ot' other form or construction.

If desired, the edges of the/stars which `form the borders of the platform may be left rectilinear, so as to form a support for tlleedge of apseat or mattress.

lflurthermore, by my invention I am enabled to reduce the number of springs, as compared with the space to be lled up by the same, since the stars ol my springs form such a firm connection between the several sprin'gs that, in placing a weightv on any spot of the platform formed by the stars, a large number of springs will be effected, and yet the several springs,

being braced laterally by the adjoining springs, are

not liable to become displaced.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y A. spring, A, having its ends bent to form stars au', as herein shown and described.

HENRY C. VELIE.

Witnesses LEON M. VINCENT M. M. VINCENT. 

